Asymmetric Bispecific Antibody

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to a novel asymmetric bispecific antibody. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the asymmetric bispecific antibody and a method of treating a disease using the antibody.

FIELD

The present invention relates to an asymmetric bispecific antibody.

BACKGROUND

Recently, many types of recombinant antibodies have been developed, forexample, tetravalent bispecific antibodies obtained by fusion of, forexample, class IgG antibodies and single-chained domains. Some other newtypes of antibodies have also been developed in which the core structure(IgA, IgD, IgE, IgG or IgM) of the antibodies is no longer retained, forexample, some single chain antibodies (scFvs, Bis-scFvs), minibodies,and di-, tri- or tetra-antibodies, which are capable of binding to twoor more antigens.

Bispecific antibodies are capable of simultaneously binding to twodifferent targets, and bispecific antibodies specific for certaincellular targets have been described to date.

Tumors are one of the major diseases which currently cause human death.Conventional treatment of a tumor relies on surgery, chemotherapy, andradiation therapy, however, most of the patients have developed drugresistance and relapse after chemotherapy. Surgery combined chemotherapyand radiotherapy can prolong the survival time of patients, but manytumor patients have still eventually died of the onset of tumormetastasis. Monoclonal antibodies have a high drug specificity, smalltoxic side effects and unique biological effects, and have anincreasingly important role in the field of tumor targeted therapy.There have been dozens of therapeutic antibody drugs as approved by FDA,US. Among these drugs, antibody drugs, represented by Rituxan, Avastin,Herceptin, etc., have exhibited good efficacy in the treatment ofmalignant tumors such as breast cancer and colon cancer.

Currently recognized anti-tumor mechanisms of antibodies includeinhibition of key signaling, antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity (ADCC), and complement dependent cytotoxity (CDC) and thelike. Among them, the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity,namely ADCC, is one of the main mechanisms by which the antibodies killtumor cells. When an antibody binds to an antigen on the surface of atumor cell, the Fc moiety of the antibody binds to a Fc receptor on thesurface of an immune effector cell, which in turn triggers killing of atarget cell by the effector cell (e.g., a NK cell). Many monoclonalantibody drugs exhibit the anti-tumor effects mainly through ADCC.

The ADCC effect of common IgG antibodies is often limited in that theIgG Fc has a limited capability to recruit effector cells, and thepresence of inhibitory IgG Fc receptors can attenuates the recruitmentof the effector cells. A bispecific antibody (BsAb) is an effectiveapproach to enhance the ADCC and has been studied and applied in tumorimmunotherapy. For example, Blinatumomab, as approved by FDA, US, is amonoclonal antibody against CD19 and CD3, of which the structure ischaracterized in that an anti-CD19 single chain antibody (scFv) isdirectly linked to an anti-CD3 scFv by a linking sequence to form aso-called BiTE (bispecific T cell engager) technology platform. However,Blinatumomab, or bispecific antibodies prepared by the BiTE technologyhave a very short half-life in vivo, which affects the drug efficacy.

In order to obtain a bispecific antibody with good pharmacological andpharmacokinetic properties, researchers have designed a variety ofdifferent bispecific antibodies, most of which have various defects,mainly manifested by: 1) the difficulty of large-scale production, 2) atoo short half-life, 3) bivalent binding to immune effector cells,resulting in mutual killing between the immune effector cells.Therefore, although the bispecific antibody is a hotspot in studies onantibody drugs, there are few types of bispecific antibodies beingapproved for clinical applications, and thus technological innovationsare desired.

SUMMARY

The present inventors have designed an asymmetric bispecific antibodyhaving a completely novel structure, which is capable of exhibiting abetter anti-tumor effect and significantly improves the defects ofexisting bispecific antibodies.

In particular, one object of the present invention is to construct abispecific antibody capable of monovalently binding to an immuneeffector cell, wherein the bispecific antibody binds to the surfaceprotein of a tumor cell on the one hand and monovalently binds to animmune effector cell on the other hand, that is, one bispecific antibodymolecule only binds to one immune effector cell to thereby avoid mutualkilling between the effector cells. At the same time, it must be ensuredthat such a bispecific antibody has a good half-life in vivo.

T cell immune response is an important part of the human immune system,and thus, construction of antibodies bispecific to T cells and tumorcell surface antigens can activate inactive T cells to kill a targetedtumor, thereby achieving the treatment of the malignant tumor, wherein aT cell surface antigen CD3 can be used as a target. In addition thereto,surface markers of other immune effector cells can also serve as targetsfor the bispecific antibodies. Studies have shown that an IgA receptorFcαRI (CD89), which is expressed on neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages,eosinophils, and dendritic cells (DCs), mediates various immune effectsbetween IgA and myeloid cells such as neutrophils, mononuclearmacrophages. The neutrophils are the most abundant leukocytes, and thenumber of neutrophils accounts for about 55%˜70% of the total number ofleukocytes in the adult blood. The neutrophils can more effectivelymediate a tumor killing response. Therefore, bispecific antibodies usingCD89 cells as effector cells are also of interest.

Tumor surface antigens CD19 and CD20 are both non-glycosylatedtransmembrane proteins with high conservation. CD19 and CD20 areexpressed in most of B lymphocytes, but not expressed in plasma cells,lymphoid stem cells and other tissues. More than 95% of the B celllymphomas have CD19 and CD20 expressions and have no significantendocytosis and shedding, and these characteristics allow the CD19 andCD20 to be ideal target antigens for the treatment of the B celllymphomas.

By constructing a bispecific antibody, it is possible to recruit myeloideffector cells which express markers such as CD3 while targeting tumorcells, thereby achieving the purpose of killing the tumor cells moreeffectively.

In addition to immunotherapy of a tumor, the bispecific antibody canalso be used in the treatment of other diseases, which for example, bytargeting viral antigens and CD3, can direct T cells to kill viruses, soas to allow the treatment of viral infections or diseases caused byviruses. Depending on the nature of the target, the bispecific antibodycan have different functions to achieve the goal of treating differentdiseases.

Although researchers have already designed a variety of bispecificantibodies, they still did not meet the needs of drug development. Themain content of the present invention is to design a novel bispecificantibody, which has an asymmetric structure and is therefore referred toas an asymmetric bispecific antibody (AsBs Ab), which has a longhalf-life in vivo and can have a better expression from cells, and moreimportantly, which can monovalently bind to an immune effector cell,that is, one antibody molecule only binds to an epitope on one immuneeffector cell, and can prevent mutual killing due to the couplingbetween immune effector cells.

The present invention provides an asymmetric bispecific antibodycomprising:

a first chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to theC-terminus, a light chain variable region (VL) and a light chainconstant region (CL);

a second chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to theC-terminus, a heavy chain variable region, a heavy chain constantregion, and a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), wherein the VL andCL of the first chain and a heavy chain VH and CH1 of the second chaintogether constitute an antigen-binding fragment (Fab) against a firstantigen or epitope; the heavy chain constant region of the second chaincomprises the CH1 domain and a Fc region of an antibody heavy chain; thescFv region of the second chain comprises, in order from the N-terminusto the C-terminus, a heavy chain variable region and a light chainvariable region against a second antigen or epitope, or in order fromthe N-terminus to the C-terminus, a light chain variable region and aheavy chain variable region against a second antigen or epitope; and

a third chain comprising a heavy chain Fc region of the third chain,wherein the heavy chain Fc region of the third chain comprises anantibody hinge region, CH2 and CH3.

In particular, the second chain comprises a hinge region positionedbetween the CH1 domain and the Fc region, and the third chain comprises,in order from the N-terminus to the C-terminus, the hinge region and theheavy chain Fc region of the third chain.

In particular, the third chain comprises a hinge region, a CH2 domain,and a CH3 domain.

In particular, the terminus of the light chain constant region of thefirst chain is linked to the terminus of the heavy chain constant regionof the second chain by a disulfide bond.

In particular, there is a disulfide bond between the hinge region of thesecond chain and the hinge region of the third chain, such as thosefound in natural antibodies.

In particular, the light chain constant region of the first chain islinked to the heavy chain constant region of the second chain by adisulfide bond, and/or 0, 1 or 2 disulfide bond(s) is (are) providedbetween the CH3 domain of the second chain and the CH3 domain of thethird chain, preferably wherein the disulfide bond(s) is (are)introduced by introducing cysteine at corresponding positions in thesecond heavy chain variable region of the second chain and the lightchain variable region of the second chain and/or the CH3 domain of thesecond chain and the CH3 domain of the third chain.

In order to prepare such a bispecific antibody, a ternary-vectorantibody expression system is designed. In this system, the bispecificantibody is composed of three polypeptide chains, wherein a firstpolypeptide chain is an antibody light chain having intact sequences ofa variable region and a constant region of an antibody; a secondpolypeptide chain is an fusion protein chain of an intact antibody heavychain and another single chain antibody (scFv), which chain comprises,in order from the N-terminus to the C-terminus, a heavy chain variableregion, a heavy chain constant region, and a SCFV of another antibody;and a third polypeptide chain only comprises a heavy chain hinge regionand a Fc fragment. During intracellular expression of these threepolypeptide chains, the first polypeptide chain (the light chain of afirst antibody) is paired with the N-terminus of the second polypeptidechain (the heavy chain of the first antibody) to form an antibody Fabstructure which can bind to an antigen epitope; the C-terminus of thesecond polypeptide chain comprises a scFv of an antibody, which can bindto another antigen epitope; a disulfide bond is formed in the hingeregions of the third polypeptide chain and the second polypeptide chain,forming a Fc dimer. In this way, such a bispecific antibody molecule isan asymmetrically structured molecule having three chains, which bindsto an antigen via the Fab fragment at the N-terminus and further bindsto another antigen via the scFv at the C-terminus, achieving the purposeof the bispecific antibody.

The bispecific antibody designed in the present invention ischaracterized by an asymmetric structure of the Fc in the antibody. Thisbispecific antibody comprises two Fc-containing protein chains, whereinone Fc-containing protein chain is long, and comprises starting from theN-terminus: (1) a heavy chain variable region and a heavy chain CH1 of afirst antibody, (2) a Fc region (a hinge region, CH2, and CH3), (3) ascFv of another antibody at the C-terminus, which for example, in oneembodiment, has a molecular weight of about 77 kD; and the otherFc-containing protein chain is a Fc containing a hinge region, which forexample, in one embodiment, has a molecular weight of 29 kD. In order toachieve heterologous pairing of the long-chain Fc and the short-chainFc, a hole-knob pairing structure is designed between the two Fcsequences, which by amino acid mutations in the Fc region, reduces theformation of a homodimer Fc, and increases the heterologous pairing ofthe long-chain Fc and the short-chain Fc, thereby achieving the purposeof a monovalent and bispecific function. Since the two polypeptidescontaining a Fc fragment have greatly different molecular weights, evenif a small amount of Fcs form a homodimer, the homodimer can be removedby subsequent purification.

The basic structure of the asymmetric bispecific antibody of the presentinvention can be seen in FIG. 1. This structure can be used to expressbispecific antibodies for a variety of different purposes. In such astructure of the bispecific antibody, two antigen-binding regions, thatis, a Fab and scFv, bind to different antigens, in which the Fab canbind to a tumor antigen, can bind to an immune effector cell surfaceantigen, and can also bind to another antigen epitope; and the scFv canbind to a tumor antigen, can bind to an immune effector cell surfaceantigen, and can also bind to another antigen epitope. The antibody ofthe present invention has a structure especially useful for thetreatment of a tumor/cancer, such as a B cell associated tumor, etc.When the Fab and scFv of such a bispecific antibody bind to a tumorantigen and an immune effector cell surface antigen, respectively, theimmune effector cell can be coupled to the tumor cell, thereby killingthe tumor cell and achieving an immunotherapic effect.

The tumor antigen which can be used in the present invention includes,but is not limited to AFP, BCMA, CEA, Claudin, CA19-9, CA125, DR5, EMP2,GPA33, EGFR, Folate, HER2, HER3, FGFR1, c-MET, PDGFR, VEGFR, CD16, CD19,CD20, CD22, CD25, CD30, CD33, CD38, CD45, CD47, CD123, CD133, CD137,CD138, PSMA, TAG72, Tim-3, Trop-2, P-cadherin, gp100, PD-L1, and EpCAM.

There are also various effector cell surface antigens that can be usedfor the bispecific antibody described in the present invention,including but not limited to: FcγRI (CD64), FcγRIIA (CD32), FcγRIIB(CD32), FcγRIIIA (CD16a), FcγRIIIB (CD16b), FcαRI (CD89), CD3, and PD1.Commonly used are T lymphocytes, for which CD3 is used as an optionalcell surface marker, and other T cell surface markers are also possible.In addition to T cells, many other cells also have immune effects, suchas neutrophils, monocytes, etc., which can also be bound with differentcell markers. Especially, it is particular that CD89 is a surface markerwhich is expressed on neutrophils and monocytes. Among the bispecificantibodies of the present invention, an example is a bispecific antibodywhich can allow the effector cell to kill a CD19-positive cell,including a CD19-positive tumor cell, by targeting CD89 on the one handand targeting CD19 on the other hand.

In addition, it should be noted that the bispecific antibody of thepresent invention can also bind to two tumor antigens, which binds totwo target molecules respectively, or binds to different epitopes of thesame target molecule, to thereby achieve blocking of tumor signals, orkilling of tumor cells by other mechanisms. Further, the bispecificantibody of the present invention can also be used for the treatment ofdiseases other than tumors, for example, by simultaneously binding totwo non-tumor related targets to realize its biological functionaccording to the mechanism of action. The bispecific antibodies havingsuch structures or functions are all within the application scope of theinventive technology.

A vector encoding the bispecific antibody having the above threepolypeptide chains can be constructed by gene cloning, and the vectorcan be a plasmid, a virus, a DNA fragment or the like, and can beproduced by conventional molecular biotechnology. A commonly used methodis a method in which the three polypeptide chains can be synthesized byPCR amplification and cloned into a bacterial plasmid. Many plasmids,such as pcDNA3.1 etc., can be used for this purpose. The plasmid issubjected to gene sequencing and then can be used for cell transfectionto allow expression. A variety of cells can be used to express thebispecific antibody of the present invention, such as a mammalian cell,an insect cell, a yeast cell, a bacterial cell, and the like. A CHO cell(Chinese hamster ovary cell) is a commonly used mammalian cell, and theexpression can also be carried out using a HEK293 cell, a myeloma cell,and the like. The bispecific antibody of the present invention involvesthree polypeptide chains which can be cloned into one, two, or threevectors to be expressed. Taking the HEK293 cell as an example, DNAsencoding the three polypeptides can be cloned into three plasmidsrespectively, and the three plasmids are separately purified andtransfected into a cell by co-transfection. The transfection method canbe carried out using a DNA transfection kit. The transfection method isclassified into transient transfection and stable transfection. Thetransient transfection can produce a relatively small amount of proteinsin a short period of time, while the stable transfection can produce astable cell line and can achieve a large-scale protein expression.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an exemplary structure diagram of an asymmetric bispecificantibody of the present invention, which figure includes both anasymmetric bispecific antibody of the present invention and an antibodyof a normal form.

FIG. 2 shows an electrophoresis pattern of a gene of interest detectedby colony PCR.

FIG. 3 shows an SDS-PAGE electrophoresis pattern of an anti-CD3/CD19bispecific antibody protein.

FIG. 4 shows the binding of an anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody toPMN, Raji cells detected by flow cytometry.

FIG. 5 shows the binding of an anti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody toRaji, Jurkat cells detected by flow cytometry.

FIG. 6 shows the ability of an anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody tokill tumor cells.

FIG. 7 shows the killing ability of T cells mediated by an anti-CD19/CD3bispecific antibody in vitro.

FIG. 8 shows the serum half-life of a bispecific antibody in mice.

FIG. 9 shows in vivo therapeutic experiments for an anti-CD89/CD20bispecific antibody against a tumor.

FIG. 10 shows in vivo therapeutic experiments for an anti-CD19/CD3bispecific antibody against a tumor.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The present invention provides an asymmetric bispecific antibodycomprising:

a first chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to theC-terminus, a light chain variable region (VL) and a light chainconstant region (CL);

a second chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to theC-terminus, a heavy chain variable region, a heavy chain constantregion, and a single chain antibody (scFv) sequence, wherein the VL andCL of the first chain and a heavy chain VH and CH1 of the second chaintogether constitute an antigen-binding fragment (Fab) of a firstantibody; the heavy chain constant region of the second chain comprisesthe CH1 domain and a Fc region of an antibody heavy chain; the scFvregion of the second chain comprises, in order from the N-terminus tothe C-terminus, a heavy chain variable region and a light chain variableregion of a second antibody, which are linked via an appropriate linkingsequence; or in order from the N-terminus to the C-terminus, a lightchain variable region and a heavy chain variable region of a secondantibody, which are linked via an appropriate linking sequence; and

a third chain comprising a heavy chain Fc region of the third chain,wherein the heavy chain Fc region of the third chain comprises a CH2domain and a CH3 domain of the third chain.

In some specific embodiments, an interface in contact with the CH3domain of the second chain and the CH3 domain of the third chain issubjected to a modification to reduce the formation of a homodimer,wherein the modification is:

a) substitution of an amino acid residue at the above interface in theCH3 domain of the second chain with an amino acid residue having a largeside chain volume, thereby generating a knob on one side of the secondchain at the interface, and

b) substitution of an amino acid residue at the above interface in theCH3 domain of the third chain with an amino acid residue having a smallside chain volume, thereby generating a hole on one side of the thirdchain at the interface,

wherein the knob is positioned in the hole.

In some specific embodiments, the amino acid residue having a large sidechain volume is selected from the group consisting of: arginine (R),phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), and tryptophan (W). Preferably, thesubstitution of an amino acid residue at the above interface in the CH3domain of the second chain with an amino acid residue having a largeside chain volume is a T366W mutation (corresponding to the amino acidat position 146 in SEQ ID NO: 5 of the present application).

In some specific embodiments, the amino acid residue having a small sidechain volume is selected from the group consisting of: alanine (A),serine (S), threonine (T), and proline (V). Preferably, the substitutionof an amino acid residue at the above interface in the CH3 domain of thesecond chain with an amino acid residue having a small side chain volumeis T366S, L368A and Y407V mutations (corresponding to the amino acids atpositions 146, 148 and 187 in SEQ ID NO: 4 of the present application).

In some specific embodiments, 1, 2 or 3 disulfide bonds are providedbetween the hinge region of the second chain and the hinge region of thethird chain.

If the Fc sequence used in the bispecific antibody has a property ofbinding to FcγR of the natural Fc, it may allow the effector cells suchas NK to bind to the bispecific antibody and induce an ADCC effect. Suchan ADCC effect may enhance the ability of the bispecific antibody tokill tumor cells by binding the bispecific antibody to the tumor target,but it is also likely to kill effector cells such as CD3 by binding thebispecific antibody to an effector cell target, resulting in an reducedanti-tumor effect. In some specific embodiments, in order to prevent theinfluence of ADCC on the efficacy of the bispecific antibody, the Fcregion of the second chain and the heavy chain Fc region of the thirdchain are further modified to eliminate the antibody-dependentcell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), such as mutation of Asn at position297 to Ala.

In some specific embodiments, the light chain variable region of thefirst chain and the heavy chain variable region of the second chain arecapable of specifically binding to a first antigen or epitope.

In some specific embodiments, the scFv region of the second chain iscapable of specifically binding to a second antigen or epitope.

In some specific embodiments, the first antigen or epitope is differentfrom the second antigen or epitope. In other specific embodiments, thefirst antigen or epitope is the same as the second antigen or epitope.

In some specific embodiments, the first antigen or epitope is a surfaceantigen or epitope of a tumor cell and the second antigen or epitope isa surface antigen or epitope of an immune effector cell. In otherspecific embodiments, the first antigen or epitope is a surface antigenor epitope of an immune effector cell and the second antigen or epitopeis a surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell. In still other specificembodiments, the first antigen or epitope is a surface antigen orepitope of a tumor cell and the second antigen or epitope is anothersurface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell.

In particular, the surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell isselected from the group consisting of: AFP, BCMA, CA19-9, CA125, CEA,Claudin, DR5, EMP2, GPA33, EGFR, Folate, HER2, HER3, FGFR1, c-MET,PDGFR, VEGFR, CD16, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD25, CD30, CD33, CD38, CD45,CD47, CD123, CD133, CD137, CD138, PSMA, TAG72, Tim-3, Trop-2,P-cadherin, gp100, PD-L1, and EpCAM.

In particular, the surface antigen or epitope of an immune effector cellmay be selected from the group consisting of: FcγRI (CD64), FcγRIIA(CD32), FcγRIIB (CD32), FcγRIIIA (CD16a), FcγRIIIB (CD16b), FcαRI(CD89), CD3, and PD1.

In some specific embodiments, each of the moieties in the antibody ofthe present invention, including but not limited to the VL region, theCL region of the first chain; the heavy chain VH region, the heavy chainconstant region (including the CH1 region, hinge region, CH2 region andCH3 region) and the scFv region, of the second chain; the heavy chain Fcregion (including the hinge region, CH2 region and CH3 region) of thethird chain, can be independently derived from human, mice, rats,rabbits, or camelid species, etc. Preferably, the CL region of the firstchain, the heavy chain constant region of the second chain, and theheavy chain Fc region of the third chain are all derived from human.

In some specific embodiments, the present invention provides ananti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody, wherein the first antigen or epitopeis CD89 and the second antigen or epitope is CD20, or the first antigenor epitope is CD20 and the second antigen or epitope is CD89.Preferably, the first chain has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; the VH andCH1 of the second chain have a sequence of SEQ ID No: 2, the scFv regionof the second chain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 3, and one of the Fcregion of the second chain and the Fc region of the third chain has asequence of SEQ ID No: 4 or 49 and the other has a sequence of SEQ IDNo: 5 or 50. In particular, the Fc region of the second chain has asequence of SEQ ID No: 4, and the Fc region of the third chain has asequence of SEQ ID No: 5. In particular, the Fc region of the secondchain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 49, and the Fc region of the thirdchain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 50.

In some specific embodiments, the present invention provides ananti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody, wherein the first antigen or epitopeis CD19 and the second antigen or epitope is CD3, or the first antigenor epitope is CD3 and the second antigen or epitope is CD19. Preferably,the first chain has a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6; the VH and CH1 of thesecond chain have a sequence of SEQ ID No: 7, the scFv region of thesecond chain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 8, and one of the Fc region ofthe second chain and the Fc region of the third chain has a sequence ofSEQ ID No: 4 or 49 and the other has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 5 or 50.In particular, the Fc region of the second chain has a sequence of SEQID No: 4, and the Fc region of the third chain has a sequence of SEQ IDNo: 5. In particular, the Fc region of the second chain has a sequenceof SEQ ID No: 49, and the Fc region of the third chain has a sequence ofSEQ ID No: 50.

In some specific embodiments, the Fc region of the second chain islinked to the scFv region by a peptide linker, preferably the peptidelinker being 0, 1, 2, or 3 GGGGSs.

In some specific embodiments, the light chain variable region in thescFv region of the second chain is linked to the heavy chain variableregion thereof by a peptide linker, preferably the peptide linker being0, 1, 2, or 3 GGGGSs.

In some specific embodiments, the first antigen or epitope in theantibody of the present invention is CD89, and the VL of the first chaincomprises the following CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence as set forth in SEQID NO: 9, CDR2 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 10, and CDR3having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11; and the VH of thesecond chain comprises the following CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence as setforth in SEQ ID NO: 12, CDR2 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 13, and CDR3 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 14.

In some specific embodiments, the first antigen or epitope in theantibody of the present invention is CD19, and the VL of the first chaincomprises the following CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence as set forth in SEQID NO: 15, CDR2 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 16, andCDR3 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 17; and the VH of thesecond chain comprises the following CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence as setforth in SEQ ID NO: 18, CDR2 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 19, and CDR3 having a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 20.

In some specific embodiments, the second antigen or epitope in theantibody of the present invention is CD20, and the scFv of the secondchain has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No: 3.

In some specific embodiments, the second antigen or epitope in theantibody of the present invention is CD3, and the scFv of the secondchain has a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No: 8.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for preparingthe antibody of the present invention, comprising the steps of:

a) transforming a host cell with

a first vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the firstchain,

a second vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the secondchain, and

a third vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the thirdchain;

b) culturing the host cell under conditions allowing the synthesis ofthe antibody; and

c) recovering the antibody from the culture.

In some embodiments, the first vector, the second vector and the thirdvector are different vectors. In some embodiments, the first vector, thesecond vector and the third vector are the same vector.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a method for preparingthe antibody of the present invention, comprising the steps of:

a) transforming a host cell with

a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the first chain, anucleic acid sequence encoding the second chain, and a nucleic acidsequence encoding the third chain;

b) culturing the host cell under conditions allowing the synthesis ofthe antibody; and

c) recovering the antibody from the culture.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a host cellcomprising:

a first vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the firstchain,

a second vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the secondchain, and

a third vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the thirdchain.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a host cellcomprising:

a vector comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding the first chain, anucleic acid sequence encoding the second chain, and a nucleic acidsequence encoding the third chain.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the vector is anexpression vector, preferably a plasmid, a virus or other vectors.

In some embodiments of the present invention, the host cell is aprokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell. In particular, the prokaryotichost cell may be Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Streptomyces orProteus Mirabilis and the like. The eukaryotic host cell may be a fungussuch as Pichia pastoris, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces,Trichoderma; an insect cell such as a grass armyworm cell; a plant cellsuch as a tobacco cell; a mammalian cell such as a 293 cell, 293F cell,CHO cell, NSO cell, BHK cell, COS cell and myeloma cell, etc. In someembodiments, the host cell of the present invention is preferably amammalian cell, more preferably a BHK cell, a CHO cell, a NSO cell or aCOS cell.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides an antibodycapable of specifically binding to CD89, wherein the antibody comprises:a heavy chain CDR1, a heavy chain CDR2, a heavy chain CDR3, a lightchain CDR1, a light chain CDR2, and a light chain CDR3, wherein

the heavy chain CDR1 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 12,

the heavy chain CDR2 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 13,

the heavy chain CDR3 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 14,

the light chain CDR1 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 9,

the light chain CDR2 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 10, and

the light chain CDR3 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 11.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD89 antibody of the present inventioncomprises a heavy chain variable region having an amino acid sequence asset forth in SEQ ID NO: 23, and a light chain variable region having anamino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:24.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides an antibodycapable of specifically binding to CD19, wherein the antibody comprises:a heavy chain CDR1, a heavy chain CDR2, a heavy chain CDR3, a lightchain CDR1, a light chain CDR2, and a light chain CDR3, wherein

the heavy chain CDR1 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 18,

the heavy chain CDR2 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 19,

the heavy chain CDR3 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 20,

the light chain CDR1 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 15,

the light chain CDR2 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 16, and

the light chain CDR3 has an amino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ IDNO: 17.

In some embodiments, the anti-CD19 antibody of the present inventioncomprises a heavy chain variable region having an amino acid sequence asset forth in SEQ ID NO: 38, and a light chain variable region having anamino acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 37.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising the antibody of the present invention, and atleast one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides use of theantibody of the present invention in the preparation of a medicament forthe treatment of a disease.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides an asymmetricbispecific antibody as described above for use in the treatment of adisease.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a method fortreating a disease comprising: administering a therapeutically effectiveamount of the antibody of the present invention to a subject in needthereof.

In some embodiments, the disease is a cancer or tumor, preferably thosein which a first antigen or epitope is expressed on the surface of acancer cell or tumor cell, such as B lymphocyte tumors (such asnon-Hodgkin's lymphoma), leukemia (e.g., chronic lymphocytic leukemia),lung cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, pancreaticcancer, prostate cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, andcervical cancer.

In some embodiments, the disease is a disease characterized byexpression of B cells. In certain embodiments, the disease isnon-responsive to the treatment with at least one of an anti-CD19antibody and an anti-CD20 antibody.

In still other embodiments, the disease is an autoimmune disease. Inparticular, the autoimmune disease is one or more of multiple sclerosis,rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriatic arthritis,psoriasis, vasculitis, IgA nephritis, uveitis, Crohn's disease, and type1 diabete, etc.

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Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used hereinhave the same meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in theart. With regard to the definitions and terms in the art, reference maybe made to Current Protocols in Molecular Biology (Ausubel) by theskilled persons. The standard three- and/or one-letter code used forexpressing one of 20 common L-amino acids in the art is adopted as theabbreviation of an amino acid residue.

Although the numerical ranges and approximate parameter values are shownin a broad range in the present invention, all the numerical values setforth in the specific examples are described as precisely as possible.However, any numerical value inherently contains certain errorsnecessarily resulting from the standard deviation found in theirrespective measurements. Additionally, all ranges disclosed herein areto be understood to encompass any and all subranges subsumed therein.For example, a stated range “1 to 10” as should be considered to includeany and all subranges between (and inclusive of) the minimum value of 1and the maximum value of 10; that is, all subranges beginning with aminimum value of 1 or more, such as 1 to 6.1, and ending with a maximumvalue of 10 or less, such as 5.5 to 10. Additionally, any referencereferred to as being “incorporated herein” is to be understood as beingincorporated in its entirety.

Additionally, it should be noted that, as used in the present invention,the singular form includes the plural referent, unless the contextexplicitly and clearly indicates as limiting to one stated referent. Theterm “or” and the term “and/or” are used interchangeably, unlessotherwise clearly indicated in the context.

As used herein, the term “asymmetric” means that the antibody of thepresent invention cannot be separated into two moieties that aresymmetrical to each other. Specifically, some natural antibodies (e.g.,IgG) comprise two identical heavy chains and two identical light chains,wherein a moiety consisting of one heavy chain and one light chain issymmetrical to the other moiety consisting of another heavy chain andanother light chain. Preferably, the asymmetric antibody of the presentinvention is a heterotrimer consisting of three different chains.

As used herein, the term “bispecific” is intended to encompass any agenthaving two different binding specificities, for example, aheteromultimer, a monomer, a protein, a peptide, or a protein or peptidecomplex, preferably an antibody.

As used herein, the term “antibody” encompasses full length antibodies(e.g., IgG1 or IgG4 antibodies), various functional fragments thereof(e.g., those which may comprise only antigen-binding moieties, such asFab, F(ab′)₂ or scFv fragments), as well as modified antibodies (e.g.,humanized, glycosylated, etc.). In some applications, a modification isperformed to remove undesired glycosylation sites, or to have no fucosemoiety on the oligosaccharide chain to for example, enhance antibodieshaving an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) function. Inother applications, a galactosylation modification can be made to alterthe complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC).

As used herein, the term “functional fragment” is intended to refer to afragment retaining the function of a full-length antibody, such as anantigen-binding fragment, and particularly refer to an antibody fragmentsuch as a Fv, scFv (sc refers to single chain), Fab, F(ab′)₂, Fab′,scFv-Fc fragment or diabody, or any fragment which is capable ofincreasing the half-life by a chemical modification or by incorporationinto liposomes, the chemical modification including for example,addition of a poly(alkylene) glycol such as polyethylene glycol (i.e.,“polyethylene glycolylated, PEGylated”) (a PEGylated fragment beingreferred to as Fv-PEG, scFv-PEG, Fab-PEG, F(ab′)₂-PEG or Fab′-PEG, inwhich “PEG” is polyethylene glycol).

As used herein, the term “CDR region” or “CDR” refers to a hypervariableregion of the heavy and light chains of an immunoglobulin, as defined byKabat et al. (Kabat et al., Sequences of proteins of immunologicalinterest, 5th Ed., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH,1991, and later versions). There are three heavy chain CDRs and threelight chain CDRs. The term CDR or CDRs is used herein to indicate,according to the case, one of these regions or several, or even thewhole, of these regions which contain the majority of the amino acidresidues responsible for the binding by affinity of the antibody for theantigen or the epitope which it recognizes.

As used herein, the term “Fc region” or “Fc moiety” is a term well knownto those skilled in the art and is defined based on antibody cleavage bypapain. The Fc moiety of the antibody is directly involved in complementactivation, Clq binding, C3 activation and Fc receptor binding. Althoughthe influence of an antibody on the complement system depends onspecific conditions, binding to Clq is resulted from the binding sitesidentified in the Fc moiety. Such binding sites are known in the priorart and described for example, in Lukas, T. J., et al., J. Immunol. 127(1981) 2555-2560; Jrunhouse, R., and Cebra, J. J., Mol. Immunol. 16(1979) 907-917; Burton, D. R. et al., Nature 288 (1980) 338-344;Thommesen, J. E. et al., Mol. Immunol. 37 (2000) 995-1004; Idusogie, E.E., et al., J. Immunol. 164 (2000) 4178-4184; Hezareh, M. et al., J.Virol. 75 (2001) 12161-12168; Morgan, A. et al., Immunology 86 (1995)319-324; and EP 0 307 434. The binding sites are, for example, L234,L235, D270, N297, E318, K320, K322, P331 and P329 (numbering accordingto the EU index in Kabat, see below). Antibodies of subtypes IgG1, IgG2and IgG3 typically exhibit complement activation, Clq binding and C3activation, whereas IgG4 does not activate the complement system, doesnot bind Clq and does not activate C3. Preferably, the Fc moiety is ahuman Fc moiety.

As used herein, the term “Fab region” refers to VH and CH1 domains ofthe heavy chain (“Fab heavy chain”), or VL and CL domains of a lightchain (“Fab light chain”) of an immunoglobulin, or both thereof.

As used herein, the term “scFv” or “single chain antibody fragment”refers to a single chain consisting of a heavy chain variable region anda light chain variable region of an antibody being linearly linkedtogether by a linker (e.g., a short peptide of 10˜25 amino acids), whichexhibits specific binding to an antigen.

As used in the present invention, the term “peptide linker” refers to apeptide for linking different antigen binding sites and/or antibodyfragments ultimately comprising different antigen binding sites (e.g., asingle chain Fv, a full length antibody, a VH domain, and/or VL domain,Fab, (Fab)₂ and Fc moieties) together, which preferably has asynthetically derived amino acid sequence. The peptide linker maycomprise one or more of the amino acid sequences set forth in Table 1below, as well as other optional amino acids.

As used herein, the term “binding” or “specifically binding” refers tothe binding of an antibody to an antigen epitope in an in vitro assay,preferably in a cell-based ELISA using CHO cells which express wild-typeantigens. Binding refers to a binding affinity of 10⁻⁸ M or lower,preferably of 10⁻¹³ to 10⁻⁹ M (KD). The binding of an antibody to anantigen or FcyRIII can be studied by BIAcore assay (Pharmacia BiosensorAB, Uppsala, Sweden). The binding affinity is defined by the terms ka(binding rate constant of an antibody in an antibody/antigen complex),kD (dissociation constant) and KD (kD/ka).

As used herein, “therapeutically effective amount” or “effective amount”refers to a dose that is sufficient to demonstrate a benefit to thesubject to which it is administered. The actual amount administered, aswell as the rate and time-course of administration, will depend on thecondition and severity of the subject being treated. Prescription oftreatment, e.g., decisions on dosage, etc., is ultimately within theresponsibility of general practitioners and other medical doctors andrelies on decisions of them, and typically takes account of the diseasebeing treated, the condition of the individual patient, the site ofdelivery, the method of administration, and other factors known tophysicians.

As used herein, the term “subject” refers to mammals, such as humans,and can also be other animals, such as wild animals (such as herons,cranes, cranes, etc.), livestock (such as ducks, geese, etc.) orexperimental animals (such as orangutans, monkeys, rats, mice, rabbits,guinea pigs, woodchucks, ground squirrels, etc.).

The composition of the present invention can be administered by avariety of methods known in the art. As will be appreciated by theskilled artisan, the route and/or mode of administration will varydepending upon the desired results. In order to administer a compound ofthe present invention by a certain route of administration, it may benecessary to coat the compound with, or to co-administer the compoundwith, a material to prevent its inactivation. For example, the compoundcan be administered to a subject in an appropriate carrier, for exampleliposomes, or a diluent. The pharmaceutically acceptable diluentincludes a saline solution and an aqueous buffer solution. Thepharmaceutically acceptable carrier includes a sterile aqueous solutionor dispersion and sterile powder for the extemporaneous preparation of asterile injectable solution or dispersion. The use of such media andagents for pharmaceutically active substances is known in the art.

As used herein, the phrases “parenteral administration” and“administered parenterally” mean modes of administration other thanenteral and topical administration, usually by injection, and include,without limitation, intravenous, intramuscular, intraarterial,intrathecal, intracapsular, intraorbital, intracardiac, intradermal,intraperitoneal, transtracheal, subcutaneous, subcuticular,intraarticular, subcapsular, subarachnoid, intraspinal, epidural, andintrasternal injections and infusions.

The composition of the present invention may also comprise adjuvantssuch as preservatives, wetting agents, emulsifying agents and dispersingagents. The presence of microorganisms can be avoided by thesterilization procedure described above together with by the inclusionof various antibacterial and antifungal agents, for example, parabens,chlorobutanol, phenol, sorbic acid, and the like. It may also bedesirable to include isotonic agents, such as sugars, sodium chloride,and the like, in the composition. In addition, prolonged absorption ofthe injectable pharmaceutical form may be brought about by the inclusionof an agent which delays absorption, such as aluminum monostearate andgelatin.

Regardless of the route of administration selected, the compounds of thepresent invention, which may be used in a suitable hydrated form, and/orthe pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are formulatedinto pharmaceutically acceptable dosage forms by conventional methodsknown to those skilled in the art.

The bispecific antibody of the present invention contains an Fcfragment, and such a protein can be isolated and purified by protein Anaffinity chromatography after being expressed in cells, which is one ofthe advantages of the bispecific antibody of the present invention.After the affinity chromatography, the protein can be further purifiedby ion exchange, molecular sieve, hydrophobic chromatography or thelike. The purity of the bispecific antibody can be identified bypolyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, HPLC or the like. The protein ofinterest has a molecular weight of about 133 kD.

The inventors have surprisingly found that as compared with otherbispecific antibodies, the asymmetric bispecific antibody of the presentinvention exhibits particularly superior performances, which include butare not limited to: each of the two different specificities beingmonovalently binding (i.e., one antibody molecule binds only to oneantigen epitope, such as an epitope on an immune effector cell, whichallows to prevent mutual killing due to coupling between immune effectorcells); high level expression in cells; a longer half-life in vivo;higher biological activities; being more effective in killing tumorcells (such as B cells); being more effective in recruitment of immuneeffector cells (such as T cells and/or B cells); and less side effects.

In particular, the structure of the antibody of the present inventionexhibits more superior performances than a bispecific T cell recruitment(BiTE) type of bispecific antibodies that are of interest in thebispecific antibody technology, e.g., Blinatumomab.

In order to construct a bispecific antibody with CD89-positive cells asimmune effector cells, the inventors have first prepared an anti-CD89monoclonal antibody. Such an antibody is obtained by conventionalhybridoma technology, followed by gene cloning of the antibody toconfirm the DNA sequences of the heavy and light chain variable regionsof the antibody, thereby obtaining the amino acid sequences of the heavyand light chain variable regions of the antibody (as set forth in SEQ IDNOs: 21, 22, 23, 24, respectively). Thereafter, on this basis, thepresent inventors have constructed a bispecific antibody having a BiTEstructure (an anti-CD20/CD89 bispecific antibody) and an asymmetricbispecific antibody having a structure of the present invention,respectively, wherein the sequence of Rituxan is used as the CD20antibody, and a linking sequence that is identical to that inBlinatumomab is also used between two scFvs. As a result, it is foundthat the anti-CD20/CD89 bispecific antibody having a BiTE structure isnot expressed or has a extremely low expression, in either HEK293 cellsor CHO cells, resulting in that it is difficult to perform furtherexperiments. Even if many different linking sequences and transfectionmethods have been tried, a desired expression level cannot be obtained.In contrast, the asymmetric bispecific antibody of the present inventioncan be well expressed in HEK293 and CHO cells, and has good biologicalactivities. It is important that the antibody of the present inventionhas a more superior half-life in vivo.

In order to test the versatility of this novel bispecific antibody, abispecific antibody targeting CD19 and CD3 is further constructed, whichadopts an anti-CD19Fab/CD3 scFv structure. It is found that thebispecific antibody having this structure can also be well expressed in293 cells and CHO cells, and thus demonstrated that the asymmetricbispecific antibody of the present invention is characterized by ease ofexpression. Furthermore, it is found that, as compared with theanti-CD19 scFv/CD3 scFv bispecific antibody (i.e., BiTE), the AsBs Abcreated by the inventors is characterized not only by ease ofexpression, but also by a longer half-life and ease of purification. Atthe same time, the advantage that the BiTE monovalently binds to animmune effector cell and a tumor cell is retained in AsBs Ab. Therefore,the AsBs Ab bispecific antibody has a molecular structure which canovercome the disadvantages of the BiTE and has a high application value.

The following examples are provided to demonstrate and furtherillustrate some preferred embodiments and aspects of the presentinvention, and should not be construed as limiting the scope thereof.

Examples Example 1 Preparation of Anti-CD89 Monoclonal Antibody

In order to prepare a bispecific antibody with CD89 cells as immuneeffector cells, a monoclonal antibody having a high affinity to CD89must be first obtained.

BALB/c mice (Shanghai Slac Laboratory Animal Center) were immunized withHuman CD89 Recombinant Protein (Sino Biologicals), and spleenlymphocytes were taken from the immunized mice and fused with SP2/0myeloma cells (ATCCs) to prepare a hybridoma. The fused cells werecloned and cultured in a 96-well cell culture plate, and detected forpositive clones by using ELISA with CD89 coating. The positively clonedhybridoma cells were subjected to amplification culture and subcloningculture. Several hybridoma cell strains having anti-CD89 antibodies werethus obtained, which were confirmed to have a high affinity to CD89 byELISA and flow cytometry, and were thus determined as a hybridoma cellstrain having anti-CD89 monoclonal antibodies. Thereafter, DNA sequences(SEQ ID NOs: 21, 22) of heavy and light chain variable regions of theanti-CD89 antibody were obtained by cloning the antibody genes of thehybridoma cells, which were further used to obtain amino acid sequences(SEQ ID NOs: 23, 24) of the heavy and light chain variable regions. Bysequence analysis, the sequences of six CDR regions of the light andheavy chains of the antibody (SEQ ID NOs: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) weredetermined.

Example 2 Construction of Anti-CD89/CD20 Asymmetric Bispecific Antibody

Among the three polypeptide chains of the constructed bispecificantibody, the first chain contained an anti-CD89 antibody VL and a humanKappa CL, in which the anti-CD89 antibody VL was amplified from the geneof the antibody obtained in Example 1 by PCR using anti-CD89 upstreamand downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 25, 26), the human Kappa CL wasamplified from a plasmid pFUSE2-CLIg-hK (Invivogen) by PCR using CLupstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 27, 28), and then acomplete anti-CD89 VL-CL chimeric light chain was synthesized byoverlapping PCR and cloned into an expression plasmid pcDNA 3.1. Thesecond polypeptide chain contained an anti-CD89 VH, a human IgG constantregion, and an anti-CD20 scFv, in which the anti-CD89 antibody VH wasamplified from the gene of the antibody obtained in Example 1 by PCRusing corresponding upstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 29,30), the human IgG constant region was amplified from a relevant plasmid(pcDNA 3.1-hIgG1Fc-Hole, artificial gene synthesis, GENEWIZ, Suzhou, SEQID NO: 51) using upstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 31, 32),which contained hole mutations in its Fc (T366S, L368A, and Y407V,corresponding to positions 146, 148 and 187 of SEQ ID NO: 4 in thepresent application), the anti-CD20 scFv was amplified from a relevantplasmid (pcDNA3.1-anti-CD20-scFv, artificial gene synthesis, GENEWIZ,Suzhou, SEQ ID NO: 52) using upstream and downstream primers (SEQ IDNOs: 33, 34), and finally a complete CD89 VH-human IgG CH (hole)-linkingsequence (G₄S)₃-anti-CD20 scFv was synthesized by overlapping PCR andcloned into an expression plasmid pcDNA 3.1. The third chain was a humanFc containing a hinge region and contained a knob mutation (T366W,corresponding to position 146 of SEQ ID NO: 5 in the presentapplication), which was amplified from a plasmid (pcDNA3.1-hIgG1Fc-Knob, artificial gene synthesis, GENEWIZ, Suzhou, SEQ ID NO:53) using upstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 35, 36) andcloned into an expression vector pcDNA 3.1. The above three sequences ofinterest and vectors were respectively and sequentially added with tworestriction sites AgeI and SalI. The expression vector was doubledigested with two enzymes, AgeI and SalI, and ligated with the DNAfragments obtained in the previous step in the designed sequence orderaccording to a seamless cloning method. The fragments of interest wereligated to an eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA 3.1 by treating with aseamless cloning ligase kit (Vazyme). The ligated expression vector wastransformed into DH5α competent cells, followed by picking and cloning,and then the plasmid was extracted and identified by enzyme digestion toselect positive clones therefrom and screen the correct vector clones,thereby obtaining a vector capable of expressing the anti-CD89/CD20asymmetric bispecific antibody.

In addition, an anti-CD89/CD20 asymmetric bispecific antibody (CD89-CD20mut) containing a mutation at position 297 in the Fc region (from Asn toAla) was also constructed, in which the mutation was designed to allowthe Fc region to lose the antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity(ADCC). The recombinant plasmid obtained as described above wassubjected to gene directed mutation, so as to mutate Asn at position 297in the Fc regions of the two vectors, that is, the second chain heavychain (hole) and the third chain Fc (knob) fragments, into Ala(corresponding to position 77 of SEQ ID NOs: 4 and 5 in the presentapplication) to thereby lose the antibody-dependent cell-mediatedcytotoxicity (ADCC) thereof. Thereafter, clones with correct DNAsequences were screened by PCR identification of the bacteria solution(as shown in FIG. 2) and then DNA sequencing.

Example 3 Construction of Anti-CD19/CD3 Asymmetric Bispecific Antibody

In this bispecific antibody, the Fab moiety was an anti-CD19 antibody,of which the antibody VL and VH sequences (SEQ ID NOs: 37, 38) werederived from a murine-derived anti-CD19 antibody which had beendisclosed; and the scFv moiety was an anti-CD3 antibody, of which thesvFV sequence (SEQ ID NO: 8) was derived from a scFv antibody which hadbeen disclosed. The first polypeptide chain contained an anti-CD19antibody VL and a human Kappa CL, in which the VL was amplified from arelevant plasmid (pcDNA 3.1-anti-CD19-scFv, artificial gene synthesis,GENEWIZ, Suzhou, SEQ ID NO: 54) by PCR using upstream and downstreamprimers (SEQ ID NOs: 39, 40), the human Kappa CL was obtained by PCRusing CL upstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 41, 42), and acomplete anti-CD19 VL-CL chimeric light chain was synthesized byoverlapping PCR and cloned into an expression plasmid pcDNA3.1. Thesecond polypeptide chain contained an anti-CD19 VH, a human IgG constantregion, and an anti-CD3 scFv, in which the anti-CD19 antibody VH wasamplified from a relevant plasmid (pcDNA 3.1-anti-CD19-scFv, artificialgene synthesis, GENEWIZ, Suzhou, SEQ ID NO: 54) by PCR usingcorresponding upstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 43, 44), thehuman IgG constant region was amplified from a relevant plasmid (pcDNA3.1-hIgG1Fc-Hole, SEQ ID NO: 51) using upstream and downstream primers(SEQ ID NOs: 45, 46), which contained a hole mutation within its Fc, theanti-CD3 scFv was amplified from a relevant plasmid (pcDNA 3.1/CD3-scFv,artificial gene synthesis, GENEWIZ, Suzhou, SEQ ID NO: 55) usingupstream and downstream primers (SEQ ID NOs: 47, 48), and a completeCD19 VH-human IgG CH (hole)-linking sequence (G₄5)₃-anti-CD3 scFv wassynthesized by overlapping PCR and cloned into an expression plasmid.The third chain was identical to that in Example 2. The sequences ofinterest were cloned into the expression plasmid by the same method asin Example 2, and DNA sequencing was performed to obtain clones havingcorrect DNA sequences.

Example 4 Expression and Identification of Bispecific Antibodies

The plasmids encoding three polypeptide chains of the bispecificantibodies, constructed as described above, were transformed intocompetent bacteria DH5α, respectively, and the bacteria were amplifiedby bacterial culture, from which the plasmid DNAs were purified. Thepurified plasmid DNAs were transiently transfected into 293F cells byco-transfection. A GFP plasmid was used as a positive control, andconcurrently transfected into 293F cells for the observation of thetransfection efficiency. The 293 cells were transfected with the plasmidhaving the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody and the plasmid havingtheanti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody, respectively, and after 48 hoursof transfection, the expression amount of the recombinant antibodies wasdetected by ELISA double-antibody sandwich assay, demonstrating thatboth of the bispecific antibodies were well expressed. After 72 hours oftransfection, the cultured supernatant of the transfected cells wascollected, from which the antibody proteins were purified by Protein Anaffinity chromatography. The sample solution was filtered through a 0.45μm filter before loading to remove impurities such as cells andpolymers, and a 1/10 volume of a binding buffer was added thereto toallow the sample to have the same pH as the binding buffer. After thesample had flowed out, the column was rinsed with 5 mL (5˜10 volumes) ofthe binding buffer. The purified bispecific antibodies were bothanalyzed by SDS-PAGE, which showed a 133 kD band in non-reductiveelectrophoresis, and 77 kD and 26˜29 kD bands in reductiveelectrophoresis, being identical to the predicted molecular weight (FIG.3).

Example 5 Identification of Binding of Antibodies to Individual Targetsby Flow Cytometer

In order to identify the target binding ability of the anti-CD89/CD20and anti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibodies purified by protein A, CD19- andCD20-positive Raji cells (ATCC), CD89-positive PMN cells isolated fromhuman peripheral blood, and CD3-positive Jurkat cells (ATCC) weresubjected to a flow cytometric experiment. The three types of cells,Raji, PMN and Jurkat, were individually pipetted up and down into singlecell suspensions. The cells were then resuspended in PBS followed bycounting, from which 1×10⁶ cells were taken, added with the bispecificantibody with different dilutions, maintained in an ice bath for 45minutes, and washed twice with PBS. Thereafter, a FITc-goat anti-humanIgG (H+L) secondary antibody marker was added thereto, maintained in anice bath for 45 minutes, and washed twice with PBS. The cells wereresuspended in 500 μL of PBS and then added into a flow tube, which weredetected by a flow cytometer to calculate the fluorescence intensity. Anegative control group was a control with respect to an irrelevantantibody. The results showed that the two bispecific antibodies had agood affinity to their corresponding antigens (FIG. 4, FIG. 5).

Example 6 Detection of Killing Effect of Anti-CD89/CD20 BispecificAntibody on Tumor Cells

In order to determine the killing effect of the anti-CD89/CD20bispecific antibody on CD20-positive cells, Raji cells were detectedusing a CytoTox 96 kit. The CytoTox 96 kit can be used to quantitativelydetect the content of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). LDH is a stablecytosolic enzyme and can be released when cells are lysed, of which therelease type is substantially the same as that of [51Cr] in radioactiveanalysis, and the released amount is proportional to the number of thecells died. To a 96-well plate, a fixed number of Raji cells were added,and then effector cells that were human PMNs or PBMCs, the bispecificantibody diluted in different dilution gradients with 0.1% BSA/PBS(w/v), and a lysis solution (10×) were added thereto. After incubationfor 4 hours, the culture was centrifuged at 250×g for 4 minutes. 50 μlof the supernatant was transferred from each well to a 96-wellmicroplate using a pipette, respectively, and 50 μl of a substrate wasadded to each of the wells. The plate was covered with an aluminum foilor an opaque box to protect the plate from light, and incubated at roomtemperature for 30 minutes. The results are shown in FIG. 6.

In the presence of PMNs (mostly neutrophils), the anti-CD89/CD20bispecific antibody could be very effective in killing the tumor cells,while the control group Rituximab antibody (CD20-Ig) could not kill thetumor cells by PMN mediation (PMN cells lacking NK cells). In addition,the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody killed the tumor cellsindependently of Fc-mediated ADCC, since the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecificantibody in which Fc was mutated (CD89-CD20 mut) to eliminate the ADCCfunction could still kill the tumor cells well (FIG. 6), indicating thatthe anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody recruited PMN effector cells(mostly neutrophils) by CD89.

The anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody of the present invention couldkill the tumor cells in the presence of PBMCs, however, after themutation of Fc (CD89-CD20 mut) to eliminate the ADCC function, thisbispecific antibody lost its tumor killing ability, indicating that thekilling ability through PBMCs was an Fc-mediated ADCC effect. Similarly,the control group Rituximab antibody (CD20-Ig) could effectively killthe tumor cells and act through ADCC.

The present inventors have successfully constructed a bispecificantibody for killing tumor cells by a cell killing function mediated byPMNs (mostly neutrophils) based on CD89 surface antigens for the firsttime. This is a breakthrough in the field of immunotherapy and opens upa new subdivided field.

Example 7 Detection of In Vitro Killing Ability of Anti-CD19/CD3Bispecific Antibody Mediated T Cells

The killing effect of the anti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody onCD19-positive cells, that is the killing ability of T cells mediated bythe antibody, was detected by using a CytoTox 96 non-radioactivecytotoxicity kit. The used T cells were derived from PBMC cells isolatedfrom human fresh peripheral blood, and were activated by IL-2 (10 U/ml)and CD3 antibodies for 4˜5 days and then collected for use. Tumor cellswere Raji cells highly expressing CD19 antigens. The target/effectorratio of the tumor target cells to the effector T cells was 1:10. Theworking concentration of the bispecific antibody was obtained by a10-fold gradient dilution. The results showed that the anti-CD19/CD3bispecific antibody was very effective in mediating the killing effectof T cells on CD19-positive tumor cells, with an EC50 value of about 2ng/mL (FIG. 7).

Such experiment results show that the asymmetric bispecific antibody ofthe present invention has a structure which cannot be used merely forthe two specific targets CD89 and CD20, but can be used as a novelbispecific antibody platform which is widely applicable to a variety ofdifferent targets. Specifically, the structure of the asymmetricbispecific antibody of the present invention overcomes many defects inthe prior art (e.g., BiTE technology), and the flexibility andadaptability of the spatial structure thereof allow the construction ofmany bispecific antibodies against different targets, which can be usedin various applications.

Example 8 Detection of Serum Half-Life of Anti-CD89/CD20 BispecificAntibody

The anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody was used as an example to studyits pharmacokinetics in animals. C57BL/6 female mice, aged 6˜8 weeks,were divided into groups with 5 mice per group. Each of the mice wasadministered with Rituximab or the bispecific antibody by tail veininjection at 100 μg of the antibody per mouse. Blood was taken from theorbits at 2, 4, 8, 24, 48, 72, 96, 120, and 144 hours after theinjection, and detected for the IgG content thereof by an ELISAdouble-antibody sandwich method (FIG. 8). As a result, it wassurprisingly found that the bispecific antibody of the present inventionhad a longer half-life in vivo than BiTE (which has a half-life of only2.1 hours), and had a similar half-life to that of Rituximab. Therefore,the antibody of the present invention combines both the advantages ofthe long half-life of common monoclonal antibodies and the bispecificityof existing bispecific antibodies, and provides a more powerful approachfor the clinical treatment.

Example 9 In Vivo Therapeutic Experiment of Anti-CD89/CD20 BispecificAntibody on Tumor

CD20-LLC cells (a mouse Lewis lung cancer cell line stably expressinghuman CD20 antigens) in the logarithmic growth phase were inoculatedsubcutaneously to the lateral side of the right hind limb of mice, inwhich each of the mice was inoculated with 1×10⁶ cells. When the tumorvolume was increased to about 100˜150 mm³ after inoculation, the micewere randomly divided into groups, with 6˜8 mice per group, and each ofthe groups was administered by tail vein injection once a week. Atreatment group was administered with a drug having a volume of 0.2 mLat a dose of 10 mg/kg, and a control group was administered PBS in thesame volume. The length and width of the tumor in the mice were measuredwith a vernier caliper every three days, from which the tumor volume wascalculated, and a tumor growth curve was plotted until the tumor in thePBS group grew to about 1000 mm³. The results showed that in thewild-type mouse model test, the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody had alow tumor killing efficiency, which was substantially comparable to thatin the PBS control group. This was because the wild mouse had no CD89receptor and thus the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody substantiallyhad no anti-tumor effect, and on the contrary, Rituximab had a goodanti-tumor ability and can inhibit the tumor growth (FIG. 9). In orderto determine the anti-tumor effect of the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecificantibody, studies were further performed in a FCaRI (CD89) transgenicmouse model. It was found that the anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibodyhad an ability to significantly inhibit the tumor growth, andunexpectedly, its anti-tumor effect was even significantly better thanthe commercialized Rituximab antibody (CD20-IgG) (FIG. 9).

Example 10 In Vivo Therapeutic Experiment of Anti-CD19/CD3 BispecificAntibody on Tumor

Raji cells in a logarithmic growth phase were inoculated subcutaneouslyto the lateral side of the right hind limb of nude mice, in which eachof the mice was inoculated with a suspension having 3×10⁶ cells, with6˜8 mice per group. At the same time, human T lymphocytes which had beenpreviously amplified in vitro were injected into the mice by tail veinsat a dose of 1×10⁷ per mouse. Meanwhile, the anti-CD19/CD3 bispecificantibody was administered thereto by tail vein injection once every 3days for total 3 times (days 0, 3, and 6), at a dose of 5 mg/kg. A PBSgroup was used as a control group, and a T cell group was only injectedwith T cells. The length and width of the tumor in the mice weremeasured with a vernier caliper about every three days, from which thetumor volume was calculated. A tumor growth curve was plotted from day0, the day starting the administration for treatment, to the time atwhich the tumor in the PBS group grew to about 1000 mm³. The resultsshowed that, in the nude mouse-human T cell model test, theanti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody had a high tumor killing efficiencyunder an action of the activated T cells in vivo. The tumor reached alevel of 100˜150 mm³ on day 15 after inoculation, which wassignificantly later than the PBS group. For mice which were injectedonly with T cells without treatment with the antibody drug, the tumorgrowth was substantially comparable to that in the PBS control group(FIG. 10).

The above description is only for preferred embodiments by way ofexample only and without limitation to the combination of featuresnecessary for carrying the present invention into effect. The headingsprovided herein are not intended to limit the various embodiments of thepresent invention. Terms such as “including”, “comprising” and“containing” are not intended to be limiting. In addition, unlessotherwise indicated, the singular form “a”, “an”, or “the” includesplural references, as well as “or” means “and/or”. Unless otherwisedefined herein, all technical and scientific terms used herein have thesame meaning as commonly understood by those skilled in the art.

All publications and patents mentioned in the present application areincorporated herein by reference. Without departing from the scope andspirit of the present invention, various modifications and variations ofthe described method and composition of the present invention will beapparent to those skilled in the art. Although the present invention hasbeen described by using specific preferred embodiments, it should beunderstood that the claimed invention should not be unduly limited tothese specific embodiments. In fact, many variations of the describedmodes for carrying out the invention that are obvious to those skilledin the art are intended to be included within the scope of the appendedclaims.

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Amino acid sequence of the first chain (antibody VL and CL ofanti-CD89 light chain) SEQ ID NO: 1AspIleGlnMetThrGlnSerProSerSerLeuSerAlaSerLeuGlyGluArgValSerLeuThrCysArgAlaSerGlnAspIleGlySerSerLeuAsnTrpLeuGlnGlnGluProAspGlyThrIleLysArgLeuIleTyrAlaThrSerSerLeuAspSerGlyValProGluArgPheSerGlySerArgSerGlySerHisTyrSerLeuThrIleSerSerLeuGluSerGluAspPheValAspTyrTyrCysLeuGlnTyrAlaSerTyrProTrpThrPheGlyGlyGlyThrLysLeuGluIleLysArgThrValAlaAlaProSerValPheIlePheProProSerAspGluGlnLeuLysSerGlyThrAlaSerValValCysLeuLeuAsnAsnPheTyrProArgGluAlaLysValGlnTrpLysValAspAsnAlaLeuGlnSerGlyAsnSerGlnGluSerValThrGluGlnAspSerLysAspSerThrTyrSerLeuSerSerThrLeuThrLeuSerLysAlaAspTyrGluLysHisLysValTyrAlaCysGluValThrHisGlnGlyLeuSerSerProValThrLysSerPheAsnArgGlyGluCysAmino acid sequence of antibody VH and CH1 of anti-CD89 heavy chainin the second chain SEQ ID NO: 2GlnIleGlnLeuValGlnSerGlyProGluLeuLysLysProGlyGluThrValLysIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlyTyrValPheThrAsnTyrGlyMetAsnTrpValLysGlnThrProGlyLysGlyLeuLysTrpMetGlyTrpIleAsnThrTyrThrGlyArgProThrSerAlaAspAspPheLysGlyArgPheAlaPheSerLeuGluThrSerAlaSerThrAlaTyrLeuGlnIleAsnAsnLeuLysAsnGluAspThrAlaThrTyrPheCysSerSerGlnGlyPheSerPheThrSerTrpGlyGlnGlyThrLeuValThrValSerAlaAlaSerThrLysGlyProSerValPheProLeuAlaProSerSerLysSerThrSerGlyGlyThrAlaAlaLeuGlyCysLeuValLysAspTyrPheProGluProValThrValSerTrpAsnSerGlyAlaLeuThrSerGlyValHisThrPheProAlaValLeuGlnSerSerGlyLeuTyrSerLeuSerSerValValThrValProSerSerSerLeuGlyThrGlnThrTyrIleCysAsnValAsnHisLysProSerAsnThrLysValAspLysLysValGluProLysSerCysAmino acid sequence of scFv region of the second chain (ScFv ofanti-CD20) SEQ ID NO: 3GlnAlaTyrLeuGlnGlnSerGlyAlaGluLeuValArgProGlyAlaSerValLysMetSerCysLysAlaSerGlyTyrThrPheThrSerTyrAsnMetHisTrpValLysGlnThrProArgGlnGlyLeuGluTrpIleGlyAlaIleTyrProGlyAsnGlyAspThrSerTyrAsnGlnLysPheLysGlyLysAlaThrLeuThrValAspLysSerSerSerThrAlaTyrMetGlnLeuSerSerLeuThrSerGluAspSerAlaValTyrPheCysAlaArgValValTyrTyrSerAsnSerTyrTrpTyrPheAspValTrpGlyThrGlyThrThrValThrValSerGlyGlyGlyGlySerGlyGlyGlyGlySerGlyGlyGlyGlySerGlnIleValLeuSerGlnSerProAlaIleLeuSerAlaSerProGlyGluLysValThrMetThrCysArgAlaSerSerSerValSerTyrMetHisTrpTyrGlnGlnLysProGlySerSerProLysProTrpIleTyrAlaProSerAsnLeuAlaSerGlyValProAlaArgPheSerGlySerGlySerGlyThrSerTyrSerLeuThrIleSerArgValGluAlaGluAspAlaAlaThrTyrTyrCysGlnGlnTrpSerPheAsnProProThrPheGlyAlaGlyThrLysLeuGlu LeuAmino acid sequence of Fc region of the second chain (Fc-Hole fragment)SEQ ID NO: 4AspLysThrHisThrCysProProCysProAlaProGluLeuLeuGlyGlyProSerValPheLeuPheProProLysProLysAspThrLeuMetIleSerArgThrProGluValThrCysValValValAspValSerHisGluAspProGluValLysPheAsnTrpTyrValAspGlyValGluValHisAsnAlaLysThrLysProArgGluGluGlnTyrAlaSerThrTyrArgValValSerValLeuThrValLeuHisGlnAspTrpLeuAsnGlyLysGluTyrLysCysLysValSerAsnLysAlaLeuProAlaProIleGluLysThrIleSerLysAlaLysGlyGlnProArgGluProGlnValTyrThrLeuProProSerArgAspGluLeuThrLysAsnGlnValSerLeuSerCysAlaValLysGlyPheTyrProSerAspIleAlaValGluTrpGluSerAsnGlyGlnProGluAsnAsnTyrLysThrThrProProValLeuAspSerAspGlySerPhePheLeuValSerLysLeuThrValAspLysSerArgTrpGlnGlnGlyAsnValPheSerCysSerValMetHisGluAlaLeuHisAsnHisTyrThrGlnLysSerLeuSerLeuSerProGlyLysAmino acid sequence of Fc region of the third chain (Fc-Knob fragment)SEQ ID NO: 5AspLysThrHisThrCysProProCysProAlaProGluLeuLeuGlyGlyProSerValPheLeuPheProProLysProLysAspThrLeuMetIleSerArgThrProGluValThrCysValValValAspValSerHisGluAspProGluValLysPheAsnTrpTyrValAspGlyValGluValHisAsnAlaLysThrLysProArgGluGluGlnTyrAlaSerThrTyrArgValValSerValLeuThrValLeuHisGlnAspTrpLeuAsnGlyLysGluTyrLysCysLysValSerAsnLysAlaLeuProAlaProIleGluLysThrIleSerLysAlaLysGlyGlnProArgGluProGlnValTyrThrLeuProProSerArgAspGluLeuThrLysAsnGlnValSerLeuTrpCysLeuValLysGlyPheTyrProSerAspIleAlaValGluTrpGluSerAsnGlyGlnProGluAsnAsnTyrLysThrThrProProValLeuAspSerAspGlySerPhePheLeuTyrSerLysLeuThrValAspLysSerArgTrpGlnGlnGlyAsnValPheSerCysSerValMetHisGluAlaLeuHisAsnHisTyrThrGlnLysSerLeuSerLeuSerProGlyLysAmino acid sequence of the sequence of the first chain (antibody VL andCL of anti-CD19 light chain) SEQ ID NO: 6AspIleGlnLeuThrGlnSerProAlaSerLeuAlaValSerLeuGlyGlnArgAlaThrIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlnSerValAspTyrAspGlyAspSerTyrLeuAsnTrpTyrGlnGlnIleProGlyGlnProProLysLeuLeuIleTyrAspAlaSerAsnLeuValSerGlyIleProProArgPheSerGlySerGlySerGlyThrAspPheThrLeuAsnIleHisProValGluLysValAspAlaAlaThrTyrHisCysGlnGlnSerThrGluAspProTrpThrPheGlyGlyGlyThrLysLeuGluIleLysArgThrValAlaAlaProSerValPheIlePheProProSerAspGluGlnLeuLysSerGlyThrAlaSerValValCysLeuLeuAsnAsnPheTyrProArgGluAlaLysValGlnTrpLysValAspAsnAlaLeuGlnSerGlyAsnSerGlnGluSerValThrGluGlnAspSerLysAspSerThrTyrSerLeuSerSerThrLeuThrLeuSerLysAlaAspTyrGluLysHisLysValTyrAlaCysGluValThrHisGlnGlyLeuSerSerProValThrLysSerPheAsnArgGlyGluCysAmino acid sequence of antibody VH and CH1 of anti-CD19 heavy chainin the second chain SEQ ID NO: 7GlnValGlnLeuGlnGlnSerGlyAlaGluLeuValArgProGlySerSerValLysIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlyTyrAlaPheSerSerTyrTrpMetAsnTrpValLysGlnArgProGlyGlnGlyLeuGluTrpIleGlyGlnIleTrpProGlyAspGlyAspThrAsnTyrAsnGlyLysPheLysGlyLysAlaThrLeuThrAlaAspGluSerSerSerThrAlaTyrMetGlnLeuSerSerLeuAlaSerGluAspSerAlaValTyrPheCysAlaArgArgGluThrThrThrValGlyArgTyrTyrTyrAlaMetAspTyrTrpGlyGlnGlyThrThrValThrValSerSerAlaSerThrLysGlyProSerValPheProLeuAlaProSerSerLysSerThrSerGlyGlyThrAlaAlaLeuGlyCysLeuValLysAspTyrPheProGluProValThrValSerTrpAsnSerGlyAlaLeuThrSerGlyValHisThrPheProAlaValLeuGlnSerSerGlyLeuTyrSerLeuSerSerValValThrValProSerSerSerLeuGlyThrGlnThrTyrIleCysAsnValAsnHisLysProSerAsnThrLysValAspLysLysValGluProLysSerCysAmino acid sequence of scFv region of the second chain (ScFv ofanti-CD3) SEQ ID NO: 8AspIleLysLeuGlnGlnSerGlyAlaGluLeuAlaArgProGlyAlaSerValLysMetSerCysLysThrSerGlyTyrThrPheThrArgTyrThrMetHisTrpValLysGlnArgProGlyGlnGlyLeuGluTrpIleGlyTyrIleAsnProSerArgGlyTyrThrAsnTyrAsnGlnLysPheLysAspLysAlaThrLeuThrThrAspLysSerSerSerThrAlaTyrMetGlnLeuSerSerLeuThrSerGluAspSerAlaValTyrTyrCysAlaArgTyrTyrAspAspHisTyrCysLeuAspTyrTrpGlyGlnGlyThrThrLeuThrValSerSerValGluGlyGlySerGlyGlySerGlyGlySerGlyGlySerGlyGlyValAspAspIleGlnLeuThrGlnSerProAlaIleMetSerAlaSerProGlyGluLysValThrMetThrCysArgAlaSerSerSerValSerTyrMetAsnTrpTyrGlnGlnLysSerGlyThrSerProLysArgTrpIleTyrAspThrSerLysValAlaSerGlyValProTyrArgPheSerGlySerGlySerGlyThrSerTyrSerLeuThrIleSerSerMetGluAlaGluAspAlaAlaThrTyrTyrCysGlnGlnTrpSerSerAsnProLeuThrPheGlyAlaGlyThrLysLeu GluLeuLysVL of anti-CD89 antibody CDR1 SEQ ID NO: 9 GlnAspIleGlySerSerVL of anti-CD89 antibody CDR2 SEQ ID NO: 10 AlaThrSerVL of anti-CD89 antibody CDR3 SEQ ID NO: 11 LeuGlnTyrAlaSerTyrProTrpThrVH of anti-CD89 antibody CDR1 SEQ ID NO: 12 GlyTyrValPheThrAsnTyrGlyVH of anti-CD89 antibody CDR2 SEQ ID NO: 13 IleAsnThrTyrThrGlyArgProVH of anti-CD89 antibody CDR3 SEQ ID NO: 14 SerSerGlnGlyPheSerPheThrSerVL of anti-CD19 antibody CDR1 SEQ ID NO: 15GlnSerValAspTyrAspGlyAspSerTyr VL of anti-CD19 antibody CDR2SEQ ID NO: 16 AspAlaSer VL of anti-CD19 antibody CDR3 SEQ ID NO: 17GlnGlnSerThrGluAspProTrpThr VH of anti-CD19 antibody CDR1 SEQ ID NO: 18GlyTyrAlaPheSerSerTyrTrp VH of anti-CD19 antibody CDR2 SEQ ID NO: 19IleTrpProGlyAspGlyAspThr VH of anti-CD19 antibody CDR3 SEQ ID NO: 20AlaArgArgGluThrThrThrValGlyArgTyrTyrTyrAlaMetAspTyrDNA sequence of variable region of anti-CD89 heavy chain SEQ ID NO: 21  1 ATGGTCAGCT ACTGGGACAC CGGGGTCCTG CTGTGCGCGC TGCTCAGCTG TCTGCTTCTC 61 ACAGGATCTA GTTCCGGACA GATCCAGTTG GTGCAATCTG GACCTGAGCT GAAGAAGCCC121 GGAGAGACAG TCAAGATCTC CTGCAAGGCT TCGGGGTATG TCTTCACAAA CTATGGAATG181 AACTGGGTGA AGCAGACTCC AGGAAAGGGT TTAAAGTGGA TGGGCTGGAT AAACACCTAC241 ACTGGCAGGC CAACATCTGC TGATGACTTC AAGGGACGGT TTGCCTTCTC TTTGGAAACC301 TCTGCCAGCA CTGCCTATTT GCAGATCAAC AACCTCAAAA ATGAGGACAC GGCTACATAT361 TTCTGTTCAA GCCAGGGGTT TTCGTTTACT TCCTGGGGCC AGGGGACTCT GGTCACTGTC421 TCTGCA DNA sequence of variable region of anti-CD89 light chainSEQ ID NO: 22   1ATGGTCAGCT ACTGGGACAC CGGGGTCCTG CTGTGCGCGC TGCTCAGCTG TCTGCTTCTC  61ACAGGATCTA GTTCCGGAGA CATCCAGATG ACCCAGTCTC CATCCTCCTT ATCTGCCTCT 121CTGGGAGAAA GAGTCAGTCT CACTTGTCGG GCAAGTCAGG ACATTGGTAG TAGTTTAAAC 181TGGCTTCAGC AGGAACCAGA TGGAACTATT AAACGCCTGA TCTACGCCAC ATCCAGTTTA 241GATTCTGGTG TCCCCGAAAG GTTCAGTGGC AGTAGGTCTG GGTCACATTA TTCTCTCACC 301ATCAGCAGCC TTGAGTCTGA AGATTTTGTA GACTATTACT GTCTACAATA TGCTAGTTAT 361CCGTGGACGT TCGGTGGAGG CACCAAGCTG GAAATCAAAAmino acid sequence of variable region of anti-CD89 heavy chainSEQ ID NO: 23GlnIleGlnLeuValGlnSerGlyProGluLeuLysLysProGlyGluThrValLysIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlyTyrValPheThrAsnTyrGlyMetAsnTrpValLysGlnThrProGlyLysGlyLeuLysTrpMetGlyTrpIleAsnThrTyrThrGlyArgProThrSerAlaAspAspPheLysGlyArgPheAlaPheSerLeuGluThrSerAlaSerThrAlaTyrLeuGlnIleAsnAsnLeuLysAsnGluAspThrAlaThrTyrPheCysSerSerGlnGlyPheSerPheThrSerTrpGlyGlnGlyThrLeuValThrValSerAlaAmino acid sequence of variable region of anti-CD89 light chainSEQ ID NO: 24AspIleGlnMetThrGlnSerProSerSerLeuSerAlaSerLeuGlyGluArgValSerLeuThrCysArgAlaSerGlnAspIleGlySerSerLeuAsnTrpLeuGlnGlnGluProAspGlyThrIleLysArgLeuIleTyrAlaThrSerSerLeuAspSerGlyValProGluArgPheSerGlySerArgSerGlySerHisTyrSerLeuThrIleSerSerLeuGluSerGluAspPheValAspTyrTyrCysLeuGlnTyrAlaSerTyrProTrpThrPheGlyGlyGlyThrLysLeuGluIleLys Upstream primer of anti-CD89 VL fragment SEQ ID NO: 25TAAGCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCGCCGCCACCATGGTCAGCTACTGGGACACCDownstream primer of anti-CD89 VL fragment SEQ ID NO: 26GATGGTGCAGCCACAGTTCGTTTGATTTCCAGCTTGGTGC Upstream primer of CL fragmentSEQ ID NO: 27 GCACCAAGCTGGAAATCAAACGAACTGTGGCTGCACCATCDownstream primer of CL fragment SEQ ID NO: 28GCGGGCCCTCTAGACTCGAGCGGCCGCGTCGACCTAACACTCTCCCCTGTTGAAGCTCTUpstream primer of CD89 VH fragment SEQ ID NO: 29TAAGCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCGCCGCCACCATGGTCAGCTACTGGGACACCDownstream primer of CD89 VH fragment SEQ ID NO: 30GATGGGCCCTTGGTGGAGGCTGCAGAGACAGTGACCAGAGUpstream primer of human IgG constant region SEQ ID NO: 31CTCTGGTCACTGTCTCTGCAGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCDownstream primer of human IgG constant region SEQ ID NO: 32TTTACCCGGAGACAGGGAGAGGCTCTTCTGCGTG Upstream primer of CD20 ScFv fragmentSEQ ID NO: 33 GTGGTGGTAGCGGTGGCGGTGGTAGTCAGGCTTATTTGCAACAGTCTGGCGCGDownstream primer of CD20 ScFv fragment SEQ ID NO: 34CCAAGCTGGAGCTGGAATAGGTCGACGCGGCCGCTCGAGTCTAGAGGGCCCGCGUpstream primer of human Fc (knob) containing hinge region SEQ ID NO: 35AAGCTTGGTACCGAGCTCGGATCCGCCGCCACCATGGTCAGCTACTGGGACACDownstream primer of human Fc (knob) containing hinge regionSEQ ID NO: 36 CGCGGGCCCTCTAGACTCGAGCGGCCGCGTCGACCTATTTACCCGGAGACAGGGAGAGAmino acid sequence of variable region of anti-CD19 light chainSEQ ID NO: 37AspIleGlnLeuThrGlnSerProAlaSerLeuAlaValSerLeuGlyGlnArgAlaThrIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlnSerValAspTyrAspGlyAspSerTyrLeuAsnTrpTyrGlnGlnIleProGlyGlnProProLysLeuLeuIleTyrAspAlaSerAsnLeuValSerGlyIleProProArgPheSerGlySerGlySerGlyThrAspPheThrLeuAsnIleHisProValGluLysValAspAlaAlaThrTyrHisCysGlnGlnSerThrGluAspProTrpThrPheGlyGlyGlyThrLysLeuGluIleLysAmino acid sequence of variable region of anti-CD19 heavy chainSEQ ID NO: 38GlnValGlnLeuGlnGlnSerGlyAlaGluLeuValArgProGlySerSerValLysIleSerCysLysAlaSerGlyTyrAlaPheSerSerTyrTrpMetAsnTrpValLysGlnArgProGlyGlnGlyLeuGluTrpIleGlyGlnIleTrpProGlyAspGlyAspThrAsnTyrAsnGlyLysPheLysGlyLysAlaThrLeuThrAlaAspGluSerSerSerThrAlaTyrMetGlnLeuSerSerLeuAlaSerGluAspSerAlaValTyrPheCysAlaArgArgGluThrThrThrValGlyArgTyrTyrTyrAlaMetAspTyrTrpGlyGlnGlyThrThrValThrValSerSer Upstream primer of anti-CD19 VL fragment SEQ ID NO: 39GTCTGCTTCTCACAGGATCTAGTTCCGGAGATATCCAACTGACCCAGAGCDownstream primer of anti-CD19 VL fragment SEQ ID NO: 40GATGGTGCAGCCACAGTTCGCTTGATTTCCAGTTTTGTGC Upstream primer of CL fragmentSEQ ID NO: 41 AAACTGGAAATCAAGCGAACTGTGGCTGCACCATCTGTCTTCDownstream primer of CL fragment SEQ ID NO: 42GCGGGCCCTCTAGACTCGAGCGGCCGCGTCGACCTAACACTCTCCCCTGTTGAAGCTCTUpstream primer of anti-CD19 VH fragment SEQ ID NO: 43TCTGCTTCTCACAGGATCTAGTTCCGGACAGGTGCAGCTCCAGCAAAGCDownstream primer of anti-CD19 VH fragment SEQ ID NO: 44GATGGGCCCTTGGTGGAGGCGCTGCTCACTGTCACTGTGGUpstream primer of human IgG constant region fragment SEQ ID NO: 45GGGAACCACAGTGACAGTGAGCAGCGCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTDownstream primer of human IgG constant region fragment SEQ ID NO: 46TTTACCCGGAGACAGGGAGAGGCTCTTCTGCGTGUpstream primer of anti-CD3 ScFv fragment SEQ ID NO: 47GGTAGTGACATCAAACTCCAACAGAGCGGAGCCGAACDownstream primer of anti-CD3 ScFv fragment SEQ ID NO: 48GCGGGCCCTCTAGACTCGAGCGGCCGCGTCGACCTACTTCAGCTCCAGCTTGGTGCCGSequence of Fc region of the second chain containing no mutationfrom Asn at position 297 to Ala in Fc region (Fc-hole fragment)SEQ ID NO: 49AspLysThrHisThrCysProProCysProAlaProGluLeuLeuGlyGlyProSerValPheLeuPheProProLysProLysAspThrLeuMetIleSerArgThrProGluValThrCysValValValAspValSerHisGluAspProGluValLysPheAsnTrpTyrValAspGlyValGluValHisAsnAlaLysThrLysProArgGluGluGlnTyrAsnSerThrTyrArgValValSerValLeuThrValLeuHisGlnAspTrpLeuAsnGlyLysGluTyrLysCysLysValSerAsnLysAlaLeuProAlaProIleGluLysThrIleSerLysAlaLysGlyGlnProArgGluProGlnValTyrThrLeuProProSerArgAspGluLeuThrLysAsnGlnValSerLeuSerCysAlaValLysGlyPheTyrProSerAspIleAlaValGluTrpGluSerAsnGlyGlnProGluAsnAsnTyrLysThrThrProProValLeuAspSerAspGlySerPhePheLeuValSerLysLeuThrValAspLysSerArgTrpGlnGlnGlyAsnValPheSerCysSerValMetHisGluAlaLeuHisAsnHisTyrThrGlnLysSerLeuSerLeuSerProGlyLysSequence of Fc region of the third chain containing no mutationfrom Asn at position 297 to Ala in Fc region (Fc-knob fragment)SEQ ID NO: 50AspLysThrHisThrCysProProCysProAlaProGluLeuLeuGlyGlyProSerValPheLeuPheProProLysProLysAspThrLeuMetIleSerArgThrProGluValThrCysValValValAspValSerHisGluAspProGluValLysPheAsnTrpTyrValAspGlyValGluValHisAsnAlaLysThrLysProArgGluGluGlnTyrAsnSerThrTyrArgValValSerValLeuThrValLeuHisGlnAspTrpLeuAsnGlyLysGluTyrLysCysLysValSerAsnLysAlaLeuProAlaProIleGluLysThrIleSerLysAlaLysGlyGlnProArgGluProGlnValTyrThrLeuProProSerArgAspGluLeuThrLysAsnGlnValSerLeuTrpCysLeuValLysGlyPheTyrProSerAspIleAlaValGluTrpGluSerAsnGlyGlnProGluAsnAsnTyrLysThrThrProProValLeuAspSerAspGlySerPhePheLeuTyrSerLysLeuThrValAspLysSerArgTrpGlnGlnGlyAsnValPheSerCysSerValMetHisGluAlaLeuHisAsnHisTyrThrGlnLysSerLeuSerLeuSerProGlyLysDNA sequence of IgG constant region (containing Fc-hole fragment)by artificial gene synthesis SEQ ID NO: 51GCCTCCACCAAGGGCCCATCGGTCTTCCCCCTGGCACCCTCCTCCAAGAGCACCTCTGGGGGCACAGCAGCCCTGGGCTGCCTGGTCAAGGACTACTTCCCCGAACCGGTGACGGTGTCGTGGAACTCAGGCGCCCTGACCAGCGGCGTGCACACCTTCCCGGCTGTCCTACAGTCCTCAGGACTCTACTCCCTCAGCAGCGTGGTGACCGTGCCCTCCAGCAGCTTGGGCACCCAGACCTACATCTGCAACGTGAATCACAAGCCCAGCAACACCAAGGTGGACAAGAAAGTTGAGCCCAAATCTTGTGACAAAACTCACACATGCCCACCGTGCCCAGCACCTGAACTCCTGGGGGGACCGTCAGTCTTCCTCTTCCCCCCAAAACCCAAGGACACCCTCATGATCTCCCGGACCCCTGAGGTCACATGCGTGGTGGTGGACGTGAGCCACGAAGACCCTGAGGTCAAGTTCAACTGGTACGTGGACGGCGTGGAGGTGCATAATGCCAAGACAAAGCCGCGGGAGGAGCAGTACAACAGCACGTACCGTGTGGTCAGCGTCCTCACCGTCCTGCACCAGGACTGGCTGAATGGCAAGGAGTACAAGTGCAAGGTCTCCAACAAAGCCCTCCCAGCCCCCATCGAGAAAACCATCTCCAAAGCCAAAGGGCAGCCCCGAGAACCACAGGTGTACACCCTGCCCCCATCCCGGGATGAGCTGACCAAGAACCAGGTCAGCCTGTCCTGCGCGGTCAAAGGCTTCTATCCCAGCGACATCGCCGTGGAGTGGGAGAGCAATGGGCAGCCGGAGAACAACTACAAGACCACGCCTCCCGTGCTGGACTCCGACGGCTCCTTCTTCCTCGTCAGCAAGCTCACCGTGGACAAGAGCAGGTGGCAGCAGGGGAACGTCTTCTCATGCTCCGTGATGCATGAGGCTCTGCACAACCACTACACGCAGAAGAGCCTCTCCCTGTCTCCGGGTAA ADNA sequence of anti-CD20-scFv by artificial gene synthesisSEQ ID NO: 52   1CAGGCTTATT TGCAACAGTC TGGCGCGGAA CTTGTAAGAC CAGGGGCTTC TGTGAAGATG  61AGCTGCAAGG CTAGTGGATA TACATTCACG TCCTATAATA TGCACTGGGT CAAGCAGACT 121CCCCGGCAAG GCCTGGAATG GATCGGAGCA ATCTACCCTG GTAACGGAGA TACCTCCTAT 181AATCAGAAAT TCAAGGGGAA AGCCACCCTT ACCGTGGATA AATCTAGTAG CACCGCCTAC 241ATGCAGCTGT CCTCACTCAC ATCAGAGGAC TCCGCCGTCT ACTTCTGTGC CCGCGTGGTT 301TACTATTCAA ACAGCTACTG GTACTTTGAC GTTTGGGGGA CAGGCACCAC TGTGACTGTG 361AGCGGTGGTG GTGGTTCTGG CGGCGGCGGC TCCGGTGGTG GTGGTTCTCA AATTGTGCTG 421TCCCAGTCCC CGGCCATCCT TTCAGCCAGT CCAGGAGAAA AAGTCACGAT GACCTGTAGA 481GCTTCCTCAA GTGTGTCTTA TATGCACTGG TATCAGCAGA AGCCAGGATC ATCTCCCAAA 541CCATGGATAT ACGCCCCTTC CAATCTCGCC AGCGGAGTCC CTGCACGCTT CAGCGGTAGC 601GGCTCTGGGA CTTCTTACAG TCTCACTATC AGTAGGGTGG AAGCTGAGGA CGCAGCCACA 661TACTATTGCC AGCAATGGAG CTTTAACCCC CCCACATTCG GCGCTGGCAC CAAGCTGGAG 721CTG DNA sequence of IgG constant region (containing Fc-knob fragment)by artificial gene synthesis SEQ ID NO: 53   1GACAAAACTC ACACATGCCC ACCGTGCCCA GCACCTGAAC TCCTGGGGGG ACCGTCAGTC  61TTCCTCTTCC CCCCAAAACC CAAGGACACC CTCATGATCT CCCGGACCCC TGAGGTCACA 121TGCGTGGTGG TGGACGTGAG CCACGAAGAC CCTGAGGTCA AGTTCAACTG GTACGTGGAC 181GGCGTGGAGG TGCATAATGC CAAGACAAAG CCGCGGGAGG AGCAGTACGC CAGCACGTAC 241CGTGTGGTCA GCGTCCTCAC CGTCCTGCAC CAGGACTGGC TGAATGGCAA GGAGTACAAG 301TGCAAGGTCT CCAACAAAGC CCTCCCAGCC CCCATCGAGA AAACCATCTC CAAAGCCAAA 361GGGCAGCCCC GAGAACCACA GGTGTACACC CTGCCCCCAT CCCGGGATGA GCTGACCAAG 421AACCAGGTCA GCCTGTGGTG CCTGGTCAAA GGCTTCTATC CCAGCGACAT CGCCGTGGAG 481TGGGAGAGCA ATGGGCAGCC GGAGAACAAC TACAAGACCA CGCCTCCCGT GCTGGACTCC 541GACGGCTCCT TCTTCCTCTA CAGCAAGCTC ACCGTGGACA AGAGCAGGTG GCAGCAGGGG 601AACGTCTTCT CATGCTCCGT GATGCATGAG GCTCTGCACA ACCACTACAC GCAGAAGAGC 661CTCTCCCTGT CTCCGGGTAAADNA sequence of anti-CD19-scFv by artificial gene synthesisSEQ ID NO: 54 GATATCCAACTGACCCAGAGCCCCGCTAGCCTGGCCGTCAGCCTGGGCCAGAGGGCCACCATTTCCTGCAAGGCTAGCCAGAGCGTCGACTACGACGGCGACTCCTACCTGAACTGGTACCAGCAGATTCCTGGCCAGCCTCCCAAGCTGCTGATCTATGACGCCTCCAATCTGGTGAGCGGCATCCCCCCCAGATTTTCCGGCAGCGGCTCCGGCACCGATTTTACCCTGAACATCCACCCCGTCGAGAAAGTGGATGCCGCCACCTACCACTGCCAGCAGAGCACAGAGGATCCCTGGACCTTCGGAGGCGGCACAAAACTGGAAATCAAGGGCGGCGGCGGAAGCGGAGGAGGAGGATCCGGAGGAGGCGGAAGCCAGGTGCAGCTCCAGCAAAGCGGCGCCGAGCTGGTGAGACCCGGAAGCTCCGTGAAAATCAGCTGCAAGGCCTCCGGCTACGCCTTCTCCTCCTACTGGATGAACTGGGTGAAGCAGAGACCTGGACAAGGCCTCGAGTGGATCGGACAGATCTGGCCCGGCGACGGAGACACCAACTACAATGGCAAATTTAAAGGAAAAGCCACACTGACCGCTGACGAGAGCTCCTCCACAGCCTATATGCAACTGAGCTCCCTGGCCTCCGAGGATAGCGCCGTCTACTTCTGCGCTAGGAGAGAGACCACCACCGTGGGCAGATATTACTACGCCATGGATTACTGGGGCCAGGGAACCACAGTGACAGTGAGCAGCDNA sequence of anti-CD3-scFv by artificial gene synthesis SEQ ID NO: 55  1 GACATCAAAC TCCAACAGAG CGGAGCCGAA CTGGCCAGAC CCGGCGCCAG CGTGAAGATG 61 AGCTGCAAGA CCAGCGGCTA TACCTTCACC AGGTATACCA TGCATTGGGT GAAACAGAGA121 CCCGGACAGG GACTGGAGTG GATCGGCTAC ATCAACCCCT CCAGGGGCTA CACCAATTAC181 AACCAGAAAT TCAAGGACAA GGCCACCCTG ACCACCGACA AAAGCTCCTC CACAGCTTAC241 ATGCAGCTGA GCTCCCTGAC AAGCGAAGAC AGCGCTGTGT ACTACTGCGC CAGGTACTAC301 GATGACCATT ACTGCCTGGA CTATTGGGGA CAGGGCACCA CCCTCACAGT GAGCAGCGTC361 GAGGGAGGCA GCGGAGGAAG CGGAGGATCC GGAGGCTCCG GAGGCGTGGA CGATATTCAG421 CTGACCCAAT CCCCCGCCAT CATGTCCGCT AGCCCTGGCG AGAAGGTGAC CATGACATGC481 AGAGCCAGCA GCAGCGTCTC CTACATGAAC TGGTATCAGC AGAAGTCCGG CACAAGCCCC541 AAGAGGTGGA TTTACGACAC CAGCAAGGTG GCCTCCGGCG TGCCCTACAG GTTTAGCGGC601 TCCGGCAGCG GAACAAGCTA CTCCCTGACC ATCTCCTCCA TGGAGGCTGA GGACGCCGCC661 ACCTATTACT GTCAGCAGTG GAGCTCCAAC CCCCTGACCT TCGGAGCCGG CACCAAGCTG721 GAGCTGAAG

What is claimed is:
 1. An asymmetric bispecific antibody, comprising: afirst chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to the C-terminus,a light chain variable region (VL) and a light chain constant region(CL); a second chain comprising, in order from the N-terminus to theC-terminus, a heavy chain variable region (VH), a heavy chain constantregion, and a single-chain variable fragment (scFv), wherein the heavychain constant region of the second chain comprises a CH1 domain and aFc region, the scFv of the second chain comprises, in order from theN-terminus to the C-terminus, a heavy chain variable region and a lightchain variable region against a second antigen or epitope, or in orderfrom the N-terminus to the C-terminus, a light chain variable region anda heavy chain variable region against a second antigen or epitope, theVL and the CL of the first chain and the VH and the CH1 domain of thesecond chain together constitute an antigen-binding fragment (Fab)against a first antigen or epitope; and a third chain comprising a heavychain Fc region, wherein the heavy chain Fc region comprises an antibodyhinge region, CH2 and CH3.
 2. The antibody according to claim 1, whereinthe second chain comprises a hinge region provided between the CH1domain and the Fc region; the third chain comprises, in order from theN-terminus to the C-terminus, the hinge region and the heavy chain Fcregion of the third strand; and an intermolecular disulfide bond isformed between the hinge region of the second chain and the hinge regionof the third chain.
 3. The antibody according to claim 2, wherein adisulfide bond is provided between the light chain constant region ofthe first chain and the heavy chain constant region of the second chain;and/or 0, 1 or 2 disulfide bond(s) is (are) provided between the CH3domain of the second chain and the CH3 domain of the third chain;preferably, disulfide bond(s) is (are) provided by introducing cysteineat corresponding positions between the second heavy chain variableregion of the second chain and the light chain variable region of thesecond chain, and/or between the CH3 domain of the second chain and theCH3 domain of the third chain.
 4. The antibody according to claim 1,wherein an interface between the CH3 domain of the second chain and theCH3 domain of the third chain is subjected to a modification to reducethe formation of a homodimer, wherein the modification is: a)substituting an amino acid residue at the interface of the CH3 domain ofthe second chain with an amino acid residue having a large side chain togenerate a knob on the interface side of the second chain, b)substituting an amino acid residue at the interface of the CH3 domain ofthe third chain with an amino acid residue having a small side chain togenerate a hole on the interface side of the third chain, wherein theknob is positioned in the hole; or a) substituting an amino acid residueat the interface of the CH3 domain of the second chain with an aminoacid residue having a small side chain to generate a hole on theinterface side of the second chain, b) substituting an amino acidresidue at the interface of the CH3 domain of the third chain with anamino acid residue having a large side chain to generate a knob on theinterface side of the third chain, wherein the knob is positioned in thehole.
 5. The antibody according to claim 4, wherein the amino acidresidue having a large side chain is selected from the group consistingof arginine (R), phenylalanine (F), tyrosine (Y), and tryptophan (W);preferably, the substitution of an amino acid residue at the interfaceof the CH3 domain of the second chain with an amino acid residue havinga large side chain volume is a T366W mutation; and the amino acidresidue having a small side chain is selected from the group consistingof alanine (A), serine (S), threonine (T), and proline (V); preferably,the substitution of an amino acid residue at the interface of the CH3domain of the second chain with an amino acid residue having a smallside chain is T366S, L368A or Y407V mutation.
 6. The antibody accordingto claim 1, wherein the Fc region of the second chain and/or the Fcregion of the third chain are further modified to eliminate theantibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), for example, Asnat position 297 is mutated to Ala.
 7. The antibody according to claim 1,wherein the light chain variable region of the first chain and the heavychain variable region of the second chain specifically bind to the firstantigen or epitope, and/or wherein the scFv of the second chainspecifically binds to the second antigen or epitope, preferably thefirst antigen or epitope is different from the second antigen orepitope.
 8. The antibody according to claim 1, wherein the first antigenor epitope is a surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell and thesecond antigen or epitope is a surface antigen or epitope of an immuneeffector cell, or the first antigen or epitope is a surface antigen orepitope of an immune effector cell and the second antigen or epitope isa surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell, or the first antigen orepitope is a surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell and the secondantigen or epitope is another surface antigen or epitope of a tumorcell; preferably, the surface antigen or epitope of a tumor cell isselected from the group consisting of AFP, BCMA, CA19-9, CA125, CEA,Claudin, DR5, EMP2, GPA33, EGFR, Folate, HER2, HER3, FGFR1, c-MET,PDGFR, VEGFR, CD16, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD25, CD30, CD33, CD38, CD45,CD47, CD123, CD133, CD137, CD138, PSMA, TAG72, Tim-3, Trop-2,P-cadherin, gp100, PD-L1, and EpCAM; and the surface antigen or epitopeof an immune effector cell is selected from the group consisting ofFcγRI (CD64), FcγRIIA (CD32), FcγRIIB (CD32), FcγRIIIA (CD16a), FcγRIIIB(CD16b), FcαRI (CD89), CD3, and PD1.
 9. The antibody according to claim7, which is an anti-CD89/CD20 bispecific antibody, wherein the firstantigen or epitope is CD89 and the second antigen or epitope is CD20, orthe first antigen or epitope is CD20 and the second antigen or theepitope is CD89; preferably, the first chain has a sequence of SEQ IDNO: 1, the VH and CH1 of the second chain have a sequence of SEQ ID No:2, the scFv of the second chain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 3, and oneof the Fc region of the second chain and the Fc region of the thirdchain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 4 or 49 and the other has a sequenceof SEQ ID No: 5 or 50; or which is an anti-CD19/CD3 bispecific antibody,wherein the first antigen or epitope is CD19 and the second antigen orepitope is CD3, or the first antigen or epitope is CD3 and the secondantigen or the epitope is CD19, preferably, the first chain has asequence of SEQ ID NO: 6, the VH and CH1 of the second chain have asequence of SEQ ID No: 7, the scFv of the second chain has a sequence ofSEQ ID No: 8, and one of the Fc region of the second chain and the Fcregion of the third chain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 4 or 49 and theother has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 5 or
 50. 10. The antibody accordingto claim 1, wherein the Fc region of the second chain is linked to thescFv region of the second chain via a peptide linker, preferably 0, 1,2, or 3 GGGGS.
 11. The antibody according to claim 7, wherein the firstantigen or epitope is CD89, and the VL of the first chain comprises thefollowing CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, CDR2 having asequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, and CDR3 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 11,and the VH of the second chain comprises the following CDRs: CDR1 havinga sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, CDR2 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13,and CDR3 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14; or wherein the firstantigen or epitope is CD19, and the VL of the first chain comprises thefollowing CDRs: CDR1 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 15, CDR2 having asequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, and CDR3 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17,and the VH of the second chain comprises the following CDRs: CDR1 havinga sequence of SEQ ID NO: 18, CDR2 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 19,and CDR3 having a sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 20. 12. The antibody accordingto claim 7, wherein the second antigen or epitope is CD20, and the scFvof the second chain has a sequence of SEQ ID No: 3; or wherein thesecond antigen or epitope is CD3 and the scFv of the second chain has asequence of SEQ ID No:
 8. 13. A host cell, comprising: a first vectorcomprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding the first chain according toclaim 1, a second vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule encoding thesecond chain according to claim 1, and a third vector comprising anucleic acid molecule encoding the third chain according to claim
 1. 14.The host cell according claim 13, wherein the vector is a plasmid, avirus or other vectors.
 15. The host cell according claim 13, whereinthe host cell is a prokaryotic cell or a eukaryotic cell.
 16. The hostcell according claim 15, wherein the host cell is HEK 293 cell, HEK 293Fcell, or CHO cell.
 17. The antibody according to claim 1, whichspecifically binds to CD89, wherein the antibody comprises: a heavychain CDR1, a heavy chain CDR2, a heavy chain CDR3, a light chain CDR1,a light chain CDR2, and a light chain CDR3, wherein the heavy chain CDR1has an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 12, the heavy chain CDR2 has anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 13, the heavy chain CDR3 has an aminoacid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 14, the light chain CDR1 has an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 9, the light chain CDR2 has an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO: 10, and the light chain CDR3 has an amino acidsequence of SEQ ID NO:
 11. 18. The antibody according to claim 15,wherein the antibody comprises a heavy chain variable region having anamino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 23 and a light chain variable regionhaving an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
 24. 19. A pharmaceuticalcomposition, comprising the antibody according to claim 1 and at leastone pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
 20. A method of treating acancer or a tumor, comprising administrating an effective amount of theantibody according to claim 1 to the subject in need thereof.
 21. Themethod according to claim 20, wherein the first antigen or epitope isexpressed on the cell surface of the cancer or the tumor.
 22. The methodaccording to claim 20, wherein the cancer or the tumor is selected fromB lymphocyte tumor, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, leukemia, lung cancer,gastric cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer, esophageal cancer,intestinal cancer, melanoma, kidney cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostatecancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, and cervical cancer.